An Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force (AETF) is a deployed numbered air force (NAF) or command echelon immediately subordinate to an NAF that is provided as the U.S. Air Force component command committed to a joint operation.^[1] This is a list of Numbered Air Forces (NAF) of the United States Air Force Historically, a NAF is a level of command below a MAJCOM (Major Command), and above one or more Wings or independent Groups. ... Seal of the Air Force. ...

Notional AETF Composition

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the U.S. Department of Defense.

• Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified1stSgt Rod Powers, USAF (Ret.). . About.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.

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External links

• Air Expeditionary Force, Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force (ASETF). Military Analysis Network. Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.